Improvement iw scissors



G'. TURNER.

Improvement in Scissors.

Pafenledv Feb. 6, 1872.

No.123g371.

GEORGE TURNER, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCISSORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,3?1, dated February6, 1872.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE TURNER, of Bristol, in the county oi'Hartford and State ot' Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Scissors, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists in the improved article consisting' of sheet-steelscissors, each blade and its handle being formed from a flat piece andtwisted a quarter turn just back ot' the pivot, which connects theblades, as hereafter described.

In the accompanying' drawing, Figure l represents a side view, and Fig.2 an edge view of a scissors constructed according to my invention.

A designates the improved scissors, which are formed of sheet metal asfollows, viz:

By means of suitable dies a dat blank is cut out from sheet-steel of aproper size, length, and shape for one blade and handle, connected by anarrow neck, G. The usual rivet or pin-hole is then punched out ordrilled, after which the blank is twisted a quarter turn at its narrowneck G,'so that when the handle stands atwise the blade is edgewisethereto. The blades B are then ground into the bevel; or, if desired,they may be struck up in a die to bevel the edge and back ofthe bladeand thin it toward its point. The flat portion F of the handles D E mayalso be ornalnented in a die and at the same time swaged or rounded upfrom edge to edge; or they may be left dat, as shown. The blades B B arehardened and tempered in any ordinary man ner and polished, when aspring, H, is secured to one ot' the handles D E, which are japanned orfinished as maybe desired. The pin C is then inserted through the bladesand secured, when the spring H bears against the opposite handle, so asto keep the scissors open when the handles are not held or pressedtogether.

By my invention these useful and convenient scissors for sewingmachinesand other light uses are made of sheet metal, and are, therefore,produced at a very small cost, or at a cost far below that of forgedscissors for similar purposes.

I claim as niy invention- As a new article of manufacture, the improvedscissors A, formed of sheet steel, and having the quarter twist back ofthe pivot C and between the handles and blades, all substantially as andfor the purpose described.

GEORGE TURNER.

IVitnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, T. B. MosHEE.

